Moneran

Definition: Monera are single-celled organisms, they have no nucleus, some produce their own food while some others "hunt" or absorb nutrients.​

Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Bacilli (Rod shaped)

This moneran is called an Achromobacter, it lives in glaciers.

Alcaligenus faecalisSpirilla (Spiral shaped)

This moneran is called an Alcaligenus, it also lives in the Tundra.

Scientific Name: Staphylococcus epidermidis
Cocci (Round shaped)

Located in mucous membranes and in animals, also in aerobic conditions

Protists

Definition:any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista

Rhodococcus erythropolis
Genus: Rhodococcus species: erythropolis
Common Name: Green Algae

The definition of green algae is: any of various primitive, chiefly aquatic plants that have no roots, stems, or leaves, including the seaweeds and diatoms. Rhodococcus erythropolis are located on top of mountains in the Tundra.

Chrysophytes flagellate
Golden Algae

Definition: any of various primitive, chiefly aquatic plants that have no roots, stems, or leaves, including the seaweeds and diatoms. Golden Algae lives in the fresh water of the Tundra.

​Scientific Name: Phacus acuminatus
Definition: Any protist of the phylum or subkingdom Protozoa. This protist is found under rocks.

Fungi

Definition: any organism, including mushrooms, yeasts, molds, rusts, and others, characterized by lack of chlorophyll and by subsistence on organic matter.

Abraham's
Sordaria fimicola Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Sordariales
Family: SordariaceaeGenus: Sordaria
Species: fimicola

Definition: a division of higher fungi comprising theascomycetes when they are considered a division. Found in Animals in the Tundra.

Abraham'sAgaricus bisporus Kindom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: AgaricaceaeGenus: Agaricus
Species: bisporus

Definition: the basidiomycetes considered as belonging to the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi. Found in fresh water of the Tundra

Sam's
Phycomyces blakesleeanus
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Zygomycota
Class: Zygomycetes
Order:Mucorales
Family: Phycomycetaceae
Genus:Phycomyces
species:blakesleeanus

Definition:A fungi that can produce motile cells. It can be found in lichens and other plants.

Sam's
Neurospora crassa
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Sordariales
Family: Sordariaceae
Genus: Neurospora
Species: crassa

Definition: The phylum where the fungi is cup-shaped. Neurospora crassa can be found on a fire after it's burned out.

Daniel's
Scientific Name: Aspergillus fumigatus
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceaey
Genus: Aspergillus
Species: fumigatus
Common Name: Mold
This fungus is found in buildings.

Daniel's Fungi
Scientific Name: Cladonia stellaris
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Cladonia
Species: stellaris
This Fungus is located in Northern Maine and Northern Minnesota and it usually lies on light soil or green moss.
Common name: Star-tipped lichen

Definition: a division of higher fungi comprising theascomycetes when they are considered a division.

Tundra Plantae

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Definiton: Multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls

Abe's
Arctic Willow

Kingdom - Plantae
Division - Tracheophyta
Class - Magnoliopsida
Order - Salicales
Family - Salicaceae
Genus - Salix
Species - arctica

Common Name: Arctic Willow/Rock Willow. This plant live in Northern areas of the Tundra.

​ Abe'sArctic Moss

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Order: Hypnales
Family: Bombycoidea
Genus: Calliergon
Species: giganteum

Common name: Arctic Moss or Giant Calliergon Moss This plant is located in the Siberian Tundra, and lives in freshwater lakes.

Abe's
Horsetail

Kingdom - Plantae
Division - Equisteophyta
Class - Equisetopsida
Order - Equisetales
Family - Equisetaceae
Genus - Equisetun
Species - arvense

Common name: Horsetail or Field Horsetail or Common Horsetail This plant is located in the wetter areas of the Tundra. Because of global warming, more bog-like areas are appearaing in the tundra. This enables this plant to live in the harsh conditions. They are seen mostly in the summer month.

Abe's
Tawny Cottongrass
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Lilopsida
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eriphorum
Species: virginicum

Common Name: Tawny Cottongrass. This plant lives wherever its seeds are blown away to. They are seen in the Summer, for they can't survive in the Tundra winter climate.

Abe's
Bear Grass
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Lasiocampoidea
Genus: Xerophyllum
Species: tenax

Common name: Bear Grass This plant lives in meadows and plains of the alpine tundra as well as lower elevation areas across the world.

Abe's
Snow AlgaeKingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Volvocales
Family: Chlamydomonadaceae
Genus: Chlamydomonas
Species: nivalis

Common name: Snow Algae or Watermelon Snow This plant lives in a wide range of regions. Common wherever their's snow. Found in both polar regions, arctic and antarctic, it loves to live in the antarctic desert, tundra, and even high altitude alpine tundra.

Daniel's plant
Scientific Name: Salix planifolia
Common Name: Diamond-leaf willow
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Salicales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species: planifolia

This plant lives near creeks, marshes, and other wet areas.



Daniels Donnell's hornwort
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Anthocerotophyta
Class: Anthocerotopsida
Order: Anthocerotales
Family: Tenebrionoidea
Genus: Anthoceros
Species: donnelli

Common name: Donnell's hornwort
This hornwort is found throughout the alpine regions of Unites States, such as the Rocky Mountains.




Daniel's plant
Scientific Name: Pinus longaeva
Common Name: Bristlecone pine
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Trachepophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: longaeva

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This plant lives in the scattered, arid mountain regions.




Daniel's plant
Scientific Name: Lycopodiella cernua
Common Name: Club Moss
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Byrrhoidea
Genus: Lycopodiella
Species: cernua

This plant is found in very high altitude and on rocks.




Daniel's plant
Scientific Name: Eriophorum carimatum
Common Name: Green Cottongrass
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eriophorum
Species: carimatum

located in the meadows


Daniel's plant
Scientific Name: Gaultheria hispidula
Common Name: Creeping snowberry
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Gaultheria
Species: hispidula

live near creeks and mosses



















Sams Pasque Flower

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Pulsatilla
species: albana

Definition of Tracheophyta: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants. The pasque flower can be found in tundra meadows and fields.

Sams Pinyon Pine
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
species: edulis

Definition of Magnoliophyta: a nonvascular plant that has covered seeds in it. Such as flowers and fruit. The pinyon pine can be found in the pinyon pine woodlands.

Sams Red Grass
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bothriochloa
species: macra

Definition of Tracheophyta: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants.Red Grass can be found where there is better soil.

Achillea asiatica

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Piperopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Achillea
species: asiatica

Definition of Tracheophyta: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants. Achillea asiatica can be found in meadows.

Sams Club Moss

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Byrrhoidea
Genus: Lycopodium
species: dendroideum

Definition of Tracheophyta: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants. Club moss can be found in lowland mixed forests.

Sams Carpet Weeds

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Axonopus
species: compessus

Definition of Tracheophyta: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants. Carpet weeds can be found by dry soil.

Animalia



Definiton of Animalia: The taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.



Sam's Polar Bear

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Ursidae
Genus:Ursus
species:maritimus

Definition-Chordata:a phylum comprising animals having a central nervous system. The polar bear can be found on ice packs and in the water.

Sam's Falcon

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Ciconiiformes
Family:UnknownGenus:Falco
species:peregrinus

Definition-Chordata:a phylum comprising animals having a central nervous system. Falcons can be found on coastlines and up in mountains.

Sam's Raven

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:CorvinaeGenus:Corvas
species:corax

Definition-Chordata:a phylum comprising animals having a central nervous system. Ravens can be found in the treeless tundra, river banks, and rocky cliffs.

Sam's Wooly Bear Caterpillar

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:ArctiidaeGenus:Spilesoma
species:virginica

Definition-Arthropoda:a phylum of invertebrate animals having a segmented body and jointed appendages. Thes caterpillars can be found in ice crystals.

Sam's Arctic Butterfly

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:NymphalidaeGenus:Oeneis
spcies:chryxus

Definition-Arthropod:a phylum of invertebrate animals having a segmented body and jointed appendages. This butterfly can be found in the northern part of the tundra.

Sam's Arctic Bumblebee

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropod
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:HesperiidaeGenus:Carterocephalus
species:palaemon

Definition-Arthropod:a phylum of invertebrate animals having a segmented body and jointed appendages. This bumblebee can be found high in the mountains.

Daniel's Arctic Fox
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Alopex
Species: lagopus
Definition of mammal: Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin
They live in the northern and western sides of Alaska and Canada.

Definition of Chordata: The phylum of animals whose members have a single dorsal nerve cord and a notochord and gill slits during some stage in their development.

Daniel's Arctic Loon
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gaviifomes
Family: Gaviidae
Genus: Gavia
Species: arctica
Definiton of Aves: A class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
They live in parts of eurasia and western Alaska.

Definition of Aves: a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.

Daniel's Snowy Owl
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Nyctea
Species: scandiaca
Definiton of Aves: A class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
They live in northern Canada, Eurasia, and northern China.

Definition of Aves: a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.

Daniel's Asian Tiger Mosquito
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: albopictus
Definiton of Arthropod: Any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body and jointed limbs.
They range around southeast Asia.

Definition of Insecta: the class comprising the insects.

Daniel's Northern Black Fly
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Simuliidae
Genus: Simulium
Species: arcticum
They live in the northern latitudes of North America and parts of Canada.

Definition of Arthropoda: a phylum of invertebrate animals (asinsects, arachnids, and crustaceans) having a segmented body and jointed appendages

Daniel's Two striped Grasshopper
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acndidae
Genus: Melanoplus
Species: bivittatus
They live in southern parts of Canada and northern parts of North America.

Definition of Arthropoda: a phylum of invertebrate animals (asinsects, arachnids, and crustaceans) having a segmented body and jointed appendages

Abe’s
Hypogastrura nivicola
Arthropoda (phylum) - a phylum definied by invetebrates characterized by multiple body segments, jointed appendages, and an exoskeleton.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Collembola
Family: Hypogastruroidea
Genus: Hypogastrura
Species: nivicola
Common Name: Snow Flea
Usually found in fur of mountain goats or arctic foxes


Abe’s
Somniosus microcephalus
Chondrichthyes (class) - a class definied by vertebrates characterized by a skeleton of cartilage fleshy fins, strong jaws with teeth, and gills.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Somniosus
Species: microcephalus
Common Name: Greenland Sleeper Shark
Usually found in Tundra freshwater




Abe’s
Fratercula corniculata
Aves(class) - A class defined by warm-bloded birds that lay eggs and have adapted to flying
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Alcidae
Genus: Fratercula
Species: corniculata
Common Name: Horned Puffin
Found on large cliffs in Tundra

Common name: Horned Puffin

Abe’s
Rangifer tarandus - Mammalia(class) - a class definied by warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female.
Kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidal
Genus: Rangifer
Species: tarandus
Common Name: Reindeer
Found in dry areas of Tundra


Abe’s
Valvata lewisi
Mollusca (Phylum) - a class definied by invertebrates characterized by a soft body, well developed organ system, and a possible hard shell.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Heterostropha
Family: Alpheoidea
Genus: Valvata
Species: lewisi
Common Name: Fringed valvata
Found on small rocks in Tundra's freshwater






Abe’s
Strophingia ericae - Arthropoda(phylum) - a phylum definied by invetebrates characterized by multiple body segments, jointed appendages, and an exoskeleton.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Psyllidae
Genus: Strophingia
Species: ericae
Common Name: N/A
Usually found in cracks in ice

Common name: N/A

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